Attacking Christians? More like negating the extremist's national theocracy transition plans. Evangelistic Literalism here is on the high speed mode now, if nothing is done, in a decade we will have the Theocratic Republic of Singapore. It might be far fetch and this is not what moderates and non-Christians would want but its what these fundamentalists want. I refer only to the extremists, I have NOTHING against Christianity, I even consider Jesus a great moral teacher; despite debates about his existence.
The AWARE saga might have ended a while ago, after their members kicked out the fundies who tried to take them over. But I am very worried and concerned with the fanatical rise of Christian fundamentalism in Singapore this year. I meet a lot of Christians from different denominations all the time. However, the ones I met this year are different, they are zealous fanatical literalistic and thoroughly brainwashed believers. There is none, no spiritual element to these people at all, they simply demonise the entire progress of humanity. They are not stupid per se, many are highly intellectual but are seriously limited by their lack of questioning and comprehension.
I am fine with Catholicism, their more spiritual aspects makes them less fundamental than the other sects and have a more structured belief system. Protestantism is a product of the literalism movement where they reject the spiritual interpretations of the Holy See and claim that the Bible is the infallible document of God and will never be wrong. As such, the extremely vague and illogical self-contradictory document is interpreted so differently that the unified church was segmented into so many pieces that the beliefs of one Christian individual are often fundamentally different from another. One may believe that all healing shall and will come from "God" while another may believe that medical professionals are guided by "God's divine hand". Why? Because seeking medical help might be lacking faith in "God" as he has promised to do so as stated in the Bible many times. Well, the bible does not claim that seeking medical attention is wrong but it is the idea that you do not trust God enough to leave it to him that irks many. If you are a Christian and do not believe in the above, then that is your version of what Christianity is, other people will beg to differ.
For all religions, the most embarrassing fact is that even the same God has so many differing and divisive followers is astounding. If people of the same beliefs do not get along, so what about in a country like that of Singapore? Probably my religiously-oriented post might garner attention from the authorities but censorship of an objective discussion is only something a 3rd rate nation, or one heading towards becoming one, would do. The problem here is that such religious ignorance is getting out of hand as churches decide to stick into our society and promote the suspicion of Science. Science is all about questioning, however to link science to an obstacle of faith is no longer questioning Science, its the utter complete rejection of it without merit.
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. [Mark 10:25]
Funny, they like the claim that evolution is false because Genesis is true and homosexuals are an abomination because of the bible; the reason they took over AWARE. Yet, they like to turn around on their literal interpretations and become spiritual "deeper meaning" interpreters when is comes to that particular line. We are mostly rich and living a life of prosperity in Singapore, so would not these Christians be denied a gateway to heaven? Look, its written in the bible, are you going to deny it now?
Sell that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts.[Luke 12:33]
Literalists choose what to believe in and what not to. The Bible is best kept a spiritual documentation and not a history or a law textbook. One of the Alumni from my Secondary School went to Kenya and gave up his high-paying job to help the people there and came back to give a talk on it, that is what I would call one who follows his faith. We all learn from parables and stories, there is certainly much to be learnt from the religous texts, like the sutras, the Quaran and the Bible. But stories like the Tortoise and the Hare are not literally true and even their "moral of the story" may differ. One might view the story as teaching the importance of dealing with complacency while another may view it as a story about being "slow and steady" as a better alternative to a haste.
If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered,then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days.Deuteronomy 22:28-29
As the passage reads, I get to marry the girl I just forcibly slept with (i.e. rape), as long as I paid her father if the affair was discovered. Not that bad, but I can not divorce in this situation. But the Christians I have met denied that this passage was included in the bible and they do not read it at all. I know that Christians today are people of principle and values, they would not rape a girl and force her to get married with the rapist. The point I am trying to make here is that if you have made a point to follow the bible strictly, then do it. Otherwise, keep your religion to yourself and do not insult and degrade humanity's advancement.
Now, I have laid out the problems with literalism and the passages that these fundamentalist Christians are denying (LOL, Christians denying the Bible, how funny).
The number one headache with fundamentalists is always Evolution, that's right. I really need to laugh out loud here, they do not read up, hello String theory and the Multi-verse theory. Yes, what about the theory of the conservation of energy? It dictates that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to the other. This theory states that the universe existed as it is, the only thing "God" can do is to rearrange the sutff that exists, but that would need energy too, so basically a "God" is longer omnipotent or his existence is then no longer physically possible. As you can already see, there are FAR more Scientific theories to address than just Evolution. Quantum Physics itself is a huge metaphorical swear to all theistic religions with its theories that matter may exist in many different locations or even dimensions at any one time, becoming the basis of the multi-verse theory, the idea that our universe is created by natural selection as well.
Theories form the basic blocks of Science, repeatable and supported conclusions derived from evidence and facts which are recognised by a community of researchers. Theories are a comprehension of this world, a way of understanding "God's" creation if you will. Theories are not guesses but knowledge of the mechanisms of this world that we can rely on with a large degree of certainty. Using theories, technologists are able to apply science into applications where they benefit us. Evolution's idea of common ancestry forms the basic foundation of biology as related organisms have similar structures and share certain traits, which allowed us to develop DNA testing and find cheaper ways to produce affordable medicine. Denying theories goes to show an utter ignorance to what Science is an a lack of gratitude to what truly enabled our modern lives. Is not Religion about gratitude? "Give Thanks", where is it? and yet they trample upon the progress of mankind, as if to excrete on the grave of the people who allowed us to work, play and survive.
Singapore is a nation that claims to be the top in Science and Mathematics. Yet, we fail miserably at applying them. Unlike in the states, fundamentalists here gets As for their Science. Those who are moderate or atheists tend to express a deeper understanding of Science and even Mathematics, which grants them the power to understand the world and inspires them to create. Part of this superficial understanding is worsened further by both Asian rote memorising culture and Singapore's reluctance to teach questioning and curiosity. We have already banned fundamentalists like Jenovah's witnesses and cults, we too should deal with Protestant extremism here in Singapore. If we call ourselves a secular nation, yet we persecute extremist Muslims and not extreme Christians? Did that question not ring off alarm bells in your head? People are afraid to stand up against extremist Christians because they are rich (LOL, sorry I needed to) and we let them get their way.
The worrying part is that many Singaporean Christians speak of evangelism and starting a "crusade"; in fact NYP's religious groups use warmongering names like "Crusade" or "Legion". A Crusade would be what Muslims would call a Jihad, now a taboo word to use and "legion" is a demon in the Bible. Not only are they completely clueless about the names they use and the degrading and ignorant distorted beliefs they hold, they have became or have been the very people they speak out against. Singapore's society rely upon religious harmony, any attempt to convert or disrupt others due to your beliefs can cause potential stability problems here. Fundamentalists should and must revise their believes, it does not affect just them but the whole society. Scum, like the leaders of extremism must all be brought to justice for their crimes to profit out of people's feelings and beliefs.
If you are a moderate Christian and is steaming mad at this post, consider the following. You probably disagree with how I characterised Christians, that is great. The characterisation of Christianity I provided is of extremists, whom they themselves are divisive, such as dinosaurs being either faked or wrongly dated. You are not an extremist if the characterisation does not match your beliefs, these are the people tainting your very faith. To set your faith on the right path to social cohesion and the progress and prosperity of our nation, promote your moderate views to "crusading" Christians who sees human society as a violation of "God's" will. Humans are endowed with an innate sense of compassion and everyone would be bothered by these people, in the name of your "God".
Literalism is a problem here is Singapore, there are people fighting against fundamentalism all over the world. Literal interpretations lead to the fall of Islamic civilisations, their previous spiritual life lend them to develop great human inventions and progress in science and maths. This is a problem we need to stamp out here in Singapore, before its too late.
If you are offended, read the 2nd last paragraph, or that you are the inhibitor of Singapore's progress in Science and research. Religious texts shall never and should never be read literally, only spiritually.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Rationalism
Its been a long time since I updated my blog, a long time since I had the time to write my thesis on the topics I randomly pick. The shorts on twitter and facebook are not enough to satisfy my needs to write long essays. So here I am again. Updates to this blog could go regular again as I need to get away from reality. What am ironic situation we have here. without further ado, I present our first essay in a long time.
Irrationality leads to degradation of the mind and would certainly incite sadness, anger and hatred. Irrationality leads to the destruction of one's life, family and country. Irrationality is the reason why we suffer and curse the world. Then why, for what reason does humanity adopt and enshrine irrationality? or are humans simply not capable of logical comprehension by default?
Humanity has always relied upon our superior wisdom and intelligence to survive and triumph over the others. We are able to logically deduce the patterns and reactions of prey and devise strategies to take down even the largest of creatures. Then for what purpose or rationale do humans simply abandon logic for their worthless "feelings". We undermine our technological edge by refusing to adapt to new creations which indeed are far more efficient than the old ways. We build barriers to the advancement of humanity by degrading science and the great scientific achievements which made modern life even imaginable. Humans talk about gratitude and yet we call an invisible being who did nothing or their "messengers" as "father" instead of praising our own when they have done well. This ignorance and lack of understanding of what truly made us possible is on the highest levels of what is known to be disgusting.
Logic grants those who adopt it with both true power and happiness. With an understanding of the mechanisms that drive the world, one would be able to exploit this knowledge by taking advantage of its rules to create solutions to problems. Say, if the superstition of Friday the 13 equal to that of "bad luck", luck manipulation would be possible and a weapon or lifestyle tool can indeed be made. Such an useful application could have been made, if it were true. Rationalists understand the want and desire for power, to the point where we make up stories to fuel our fantasy that these exists. Yes, we would want Magic, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairies and Dragons but they do not exist, such thoughts are not only irrational but useless in a practical aspect. Humans enjoy a good story for their own psychological health but to treat it as true is akin to that of an addiction.
Humans should adopt rationalist philosophy for a better life, its as simple as just being curious. Ask why to everything that you have the slightest interest in. Find out how computers work or why are people fighting in the middle east. Gaining this understanding will allow you to appreciate the world as it is for how it is truly ran. Rationalists would not be consumed by hatred but would gain a fanatical interest in attempting to understand the minds of the ignorant. Perhaps some rationalists would consider the ignoramus as humans slated for removal due to natural selection. Naturally, rationalism is the most rational philosophy to adopt, whether you are a theist or an educated person.
Rationalism is highly valued due to the irrationality of the majority, a power that has laid the foundation of mankind. Mankind has abandoned rationality for its own feelings, to a level that should be called an addiction. whether humanity would wish to break this addiction for the power of logic and the capability it brings is truly up to them. So think, become a rationalist today and gain power and happiness that could never be obtained otherwise. For rationalism is indeed the most logical and rational choice, it is logical to become logical.
So there you have it, my rationalist essay on rationalism. Logic can never and will never be able to explain and support the ridiculous claims of the religious scum. Yet, these people accepts irrationality for "humans would not understand". I guess these people do not even realise that they have been brainwashed to follow the lies of the clergymen and serve them as slaves while they hope for salvation. True salvation is logic and a true heaven is the end of the "road" for humanity's progress in science and technology. Then again, there is no value in logic and rationalist ideas if everyone was logical in the first place. I should probably thank the religious goons for artificially inflating my value to society.
Irrationality leads to degradation of the mind and would certainly incite sadness, anger and hatred. Irrationality leads to the destruction of one's life, family and country. Irrationality is the reason why we suffer and curse the world. Then why, for what reason does humanity adopt and enshrine irrationality? or are humans simply not capable of logical comprehension by default?
Humanity has always relied upon our superior wisdom and intelligence to survive and triumph over the others. We are able to logically deduce the patterns and reactions of prey and devise strategies to take down even the largest of creatures. Then for what purpose or rationale do humans simply abandon logic for their worthless "feelings". We undermine our technological edge by refusing to adapt to new creations which indeed are far more efficient than the old ways. We build barriers to the advancement of humanity by degrading science and the great scientific achievements which made modern life even imaginable. Humans talk about gratitude and yet we call an invisible being who did nothing or their "messengers" as "father" instead of praising our own when they have done well. This ignorance and lack of understanding of what truly made us possible is on the highest levels of what is known to be disgusting.
Logic grants those who adopt it with both true power and happiness. With an understanding of the mechanisms that drive the world, one would be able to exploit this knowledge by taking advantage of its rules to create solutions to problems. Say, if the superstition of Friday the 13 equal to that of "bad luck", luck manipulation would be possible and a weapon or lifestyle tool can indeed be made. Such an useful application could have been made, if it were true. Rationalists understand the want and desire for power, to the point where we make up stories to fuel our fantasy that these exists. Yes, we would want Magic, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairies and Dragons but they do not exist, such thoughts are not only irrational but useless in a practical aspect. Humans enjoy a good story for their own psychological health but to treat it as true is akin to that of an addiction.
Humans should adopt rationalist philosophy for a better life, its as simple as just being curious. Ask why to everything that you have the slightest interest in. Find out how computers work or why are people fighting in the middle east. Gaining this understanding will allow you to appreciate the world as it is for how it is truly ran. Rationalists would not be consumed by hatred but would gain a fanatical interest in attempting to understand the minds of the ignorant. Perhaps some rationalists would consider the ignoramus as humans slated for removal due to natural selection. Naturally, rationalism is the most rational philosophy to adopt, whether you are a theist or an educated person.
Rationalism is highly valued due to the irrationality of the majority, a power that has laid the foundation of mankind. Mankind has abandoned rationality for its own feelings, to a level that should be called an addiction. whether humanity would wish to break this addiction for the power of logic and the capability it brings is truly up to them. So think, become a rationalist today and gain power and happiness that could never be obtained otherwise. For rationalism is indeed the most logical and rational choice, it is logical to become logical.
So there you have it, my rationalist essay on rationalism. Logic can never and will never be able to explain and support the ridiculous claims of the religious scum. Yet, these people accepts irrationality for "humans would not understand". I guess these people do not even realise that they have been brainwashed to follow the lies of the clergymen and serve them as slaves while they hope for salvation. True salvation is logic and a true heaven is the end of the "road" for humanity's progress in science and technology. Then again, there is no value in logic and rationalist ideas if everyone was logical in the first place. I should probably thank the religious goons for artificially inflating my value to society.
Monday, June 23, 2008
The Allure of Visions: Prologue
I have decided to write a novel of sorts, its a Prequel to Seeking a Tomorrow, a Flash Game I am making right now.
Prologue
Everyone, from the poorest of children to the most wealthy of adults, they all have dreams and ambitions. The image of these dreams are known as Visions, the final product in the future seen now. However, the barrier between dreams and visions is reality. Reality is subject to a strict set of laws and maintained by a mechanism known as Natural Selection. Man, whom have long been dreaming for that which is beyond the atmosphere, finally broke through the chains of gravity into the vastness of Space.
A man has a vision and the only man ever who has the insight to the flaw of man. The people call him the Idealist, a man who only works for his own principles and ideals rather than for money. A software programmer of legendary proportions, he has been able to speed up research by up to 80years with his software. Although businessman and governments around the world offer billions of dollars for his services, he declined all to work on his dream. The Idealist is allured to the vision of an Artificial Intelligence that has Emotions and yet perfected with the calculative abilities of a computer. He would soon realise the foolishness of his ways and the contradiction of his beliefs to find the true path to his real vision.
The year is 2135CE (Common Era), about 200 years after the first man was sent into space. Mankind thus constructed space colonies to support the ever increasing need for living space. Colonies range from Colonial Satellites that orbit around the Earth and Space Stations that stands between Mars and Earth. Although there are humans on Mars, they are mostly researchers or technicians in charge of Martian mining operations. Most colonies obtain most of their raw materials from Earth, Mars or Asteroids near-by. However, fossil fuels have long been exhausted and the promised Fusion Energy is far beyond the comprehension of mere humans. True power lies with the Colonies in Space, where Solar Power is at its Maximum capacity and this energy is packaged into Fuel Cells for export to Earth.
The Space Colonies originally belonged to international body of the United Humanity Organisation(UHO) under the guidance of the United States of America. However, in 2123CE, the people of the colonies gathered and revolted against UHO and formed the Republic of Space Colonies, also known fondly as the Space Republic. The Space Republic Revolution spread like wildfire across all of the Space Colonies, even on Mars. The United Nations of Earth (UNoE), a federation of nations still on Earth naturally resisted against any independence movement for the Space Colonies since generations before spent huge sums to construct those colonies. This escalated into a war, known as the War of the Colonial Independence, known amongst the people as the Independence War.
The Space Republican Army consists of well-made and efficient Space fighters that surpasses all kinds of space vehicles the UNoE can build. Naturally, UNoE is unable to defeat the Space Republic since they have more experience and knowledge of the vacuum that space if made of. The true deciding factor was the introduction of the Space battleship, a fear-inducing monstrous construct the size of a space station with the speed of a Space transport. The independence of the Space Republic spells the downfall of the Earth Nations as the Space Republic would have monopolistic control over Solar Energy.
The Space Republic can generate more than eight times the amount of solar energy and convert them into fuel cells than any nation on Earth. Earth imports almost seventy percent of their energy requirements in the form of Fuel Cells from the Space Colonies. Fortunately for Earth, the newly elected Secretary General of the UNoE, Mr James Vindel of USA, made a proposition to the Space Republic near the end of the war of independence. Secretary General Vindel proposed a system where Earth will recognise the Space Republic and stop the war if they would allow the UNoE to trade raw materials for energy from them. The Lady Diaz Mandred, the Chairlady of the Space Republic accepted Vindel's proposal for the peace treaty.
The Idealist was not yet known outside of the research community, Lady Diaz asked him to create a software that will allow a fair trade of energy for raw materials. As he wanted peace, the Idealist begun work on an Algorithm that would be fair and a system that is unbreakable. Within a mere week, the legendary developer programmed a software that will soon be known as the Intelligent Network Structure of Trading Raw and Useful Materials for Energy in Negotiable Transactions, or INSTRUMENT for short. It measures the demand for raw materials in space and the demand for energy on Earth, which the INSTRUMENT then computes the amount in which a certain type of raw material can be traded for one kilojoule of Energy. The fairness and accuracy of the system is flawless and was recognised by all from both sides. 12th August 2128 marked the end of the Independence War.
No money was accepted by the Idealist, he only wanted peace and simply time to work on his dream. However, no one have seen this enigmatic man although some knew of his wife. Marisa Lee, a government Geneticist for the Space Republic, was known for her involvement in many classified projects, though she denied claims of being his wife in order to avoid the press. The Lady Diaz has been the best friend of Marisa since their time in the school.It was Marisa who convinced her husband to develop a powerful engineering software that led to creation of the low-cost and deadly "Republican" Space Fighters that prevented the UNoE's army from leaving Earth. Without the help of the Idealist, not only would the Republican take another 50 years to develop, the design of the Yellosia Space Battleship would be virtually impossible.
31st December 2130, about two years after the end of the Independence War, the Lady Diaz was Assassinated. Lord Charles Mandred, the husband of Diaz took office as the Chairman of the Space Republic and named the Currency as Diaz. Jane Diaz was originally Lady Diaz's name but she loved her family so much that she choose to become her family by using he maiden last name as her first. However, Diaz left the world with her only son, Diason Mandred, which would be fondly known as the Prince Diason. Even though the Space Republican system runs on a ten year electoral system, the citizens of the republic enjoy placing titles of royalty upon their leaders; which is soon accepted officially.
Prince Diason is born with a body so weak that even modern medicine could only barely keep him alive. A classified military project aims to mix nanotechnology with genetics to create a super soldier. Lord Charles realised that this project could not only save Prince Diason but render him impervious to assassination. This is the very project Marisa is working on, a project that has stagnated for over ten years. Perhaps, Marisa's husband could help accelerate the project and create a way to produce super soldiers as though as its a creature construction video game. However, the Idealist find the idea of creating such super soldiers terrifying and the idea of rendering humans invincible a prospect that could doom humanity.
Prologue
Everyone, from the poorest of children to the most wealthy of adults, they all have dreams and ambitions. The image of these dreams are known as Visions, the final product in the future seen now. However, the barrier between dreams and visions is reality. Reality is subject to a strict set of laws and maintained by a mechanism known as Natural Selection. Man, whom have long been dreaming for that which is beyond the atmosphere, finally broke through the chains of gravity into the vastness of Space.
A man has a vision and the only man ever who has the insight to the flaw of man. The people call him the Idealist, a man who only works for his own principles and ideals rather than for money. A software programmer of legendary proportions, he has been able to speed up research by up to 80years with his software. Although businessman and governments around the world offer billions of dollars for his services, he declined all to work on his dream. The Idealist is allured to the vision of an Artificial Intelligence that has Emotions and yet perfected with the calculative abilities of a computer. He would soon realise the foolishness of his ways and the contradiction of his beliefs to find the true path to his real vision.
The year is 2135CE (Common Era), about 200 years after the first man was sent into space. Mankind thus constructed space colonies to support the ever increasing need for living space. Colonies range from Colonial Satellites that orbit around the Earth and Space Stations that stands between Mars and Earth. Although there are humans on Mars, they are mostly researchers or technicians in charge of Martian mining operations. Most colonies obtain most of their raw materials from Earth, Mars or Asteroids near-by. However, fossil fuels have long been exhausted and the promised Fusion Energy is far beyond the comprehension of mere humans. True power lies with the Colonies in Space, where Solar Power is at its Maximum capacity and this energy is packaged into Fuel Cells for export to Earth.
The Space Colonies originally belonged to international body of the United Humanity Organisation(UHO) under the guidance of the United States of America. However, in 2123CE, the people of the colonies gathered and revolted against UHO and formed the Republic of Space Colonies, also known fondly as the Space Republic. The Space Republic Revolution spread like wildfire across all of the Space Colonies, even on Mars. The United Nations of Earth (UNoE), a federation of nations still on Earth naturally resisted against any independence movement for the Space Colonies since generations before spent huge sums to construct those colonies. This escalated into a war, known as the War of the Colonial Independence, known amongst the people as the Independence War.
The Space Republican Army consists of well-made and efficient Space fighters that surpasses all kinds of space vehicles the UNoE can build. Naturally, UNoE is unable to defeat the Space Republic since they have more experience and knowledge of the vacuum that space if made of. The true deciding factor was the introduction of the Space battleship, a fear-inducing monstrous construct the size of a space station with the speed of a Space transport. The independence of the Space Republic spells the downfall of the Earth Nations as the Space Republic would have monopolistic control over Solar Energy.
The Space Republic can generate more than eight times the amount of solar energy and convert them into fuel cells than any nation on Earth. Earth imports almost seventy percent of their energy requirements in the form of Fuel Cells from the Space Colonies. Fortunately for Earth, the newly elected Secretary General of the UNoE, Mr James Vindel of USA, made a proposition to the Space Republic near the end of the war of independence. Secretary General Vindel proposed a system where Earth will recognise the Space Republic and stop the war if they would allow the UNoE to trade raw materials for energy from them. The Lady Diaz Mandred, the Chairlady of the Space Republic accepted Vindel's proposal for the peace treaty.
The Idealist was not yet known outside of the research community, Lady Diaz asked him to create a software that will allow a fair trade of energy for raw materials. As he wanted peace, the Idealist begun work on an Algorithm that would be fair and a system that is unbreakable. Within a mere week, the legendary developer programmed a software that will soon be known as the Intelligent Network Structure of Trading Raw and Useful Materials for Energy in Negotiable Transactions, or INSTRUMENT for short. It measures the demand for raw materials in space and the demand for energy on Earth, which the INSTRUMENT then computes the amount in which a certain type of raw material can be traded for one kilojoule of Energy. The fairness and accuracy of the system is flawless and was recognised by all from both sides. 12th August 2128 marked the end of the Independence War.
No money was accepted by the Idealist, he only wanted peace and simply time to work on his dream. However, no one have seen this enigmatic man although some knew of his wife. Marisa Lee, a government Geneticist for the Space Republic, was known for her involvement in many classified projects, though she denied claims of being his wife in order to avoid the press. The Lady Diaz has been the best friend of Marisa since their time in the school.It was Marisa who convinced her husband to develop a powerful engineering software that led to creation of the low-cost and deadly "Republican" Space Fighters that prevented the UNoE's army from leaving Earth. Without the help of the Idealist, not only would the Republican take another 50 years to develop, the design of the Yellosia Space Battleship would be virtually impossible.
31st December 2130, about two years after the end of the Independence War, the Lady Diaz was Assassinated. Lord Charles Mandred, the husband of Diaz took office as the Chairman of the Space Republic and named the Currency as Diaz. Jane Diaz was originally Lady Diaz's name but she loved her family so much that she choose to become her family by using he maiden last name as her first. However, Diaz left the world with her only son, Diason Mandred, which would be fondly known as the Prince Diason. Even though the Space Republican system runs on a ten year electoral system, the citizens of the republic enjoy placing titles of royalty upon their leaders; which is soon accepted officially.
Prince Diason is born with a body so weak that even modern medicine could only barely keep him alive. A classified military project aims to mix nanotechnology with genetics to create a super soldier. Lord Charles realised that this project could not only save Prince Diason but render him impervious to assassination. This is the very project Marisa is working on, a project that has stagnated for over ten years. Perhaps, Marisa's husband could help accelerate the project and create a way to produce super soldiers as though as its a creature construction video game. However, the Idealist find the idea of creating such super soldiers terrifying and the idea of rendering humans invincible a prospect that could doom humanity.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
A visionary escapade
People, I encourage you, to join me on a journey that occurs only once, once ever in the history of man. A journey that will span one lifetime, which effects that can be felt ages long after all have returned to dust. For I the Visionary seeks to achieve that which even imagination could not realise. For imagination, although great is limited. The greatest bottleneck to the development of man is and will be imagination. Imagination can bring us far and had brought us way beyond the reach of where we began. However, my goal is not to realise imagination or to materialise dreams, but to reach far and way beyond one's imagination. My destination is neither a Utopia of creation nor the domain of gods but that which trancends all.
Dreams, visions and ambitions, they fade away as the idea of perfection, of gain, of pride obscure the very light that is at the end of the tunnel. I have one but only one vision, to create a world of creators, to create creators and for creation to create. There is nothing higher, no, nothing is highest but the one vision that will be above any other that has ever been imagined is the creation of the gods. Not to be a creator and not to be a creation but to be the creator of the gods. Yes, religion, we have already created imaginary gods, but none have created a real god. To this godless world, what other invention, what other technology could defeat or out perform the ability to create a god?
Can god be created? What credibility or ability do I have that will give me credence for my claim of a creation of the level of a god. For I am a programmer, I am a creator, I create from nothing; imaginary worlds, powerful applications and artificial intelligence. Creation from nothing is a power exclusive to the domain of the gods and yet we have that power. There is no perfect, there is no ceiling, as long as we continue to grow, we will advance towards that which suppasses all that we are able to imagine today. Humans are above all other animals as we can imagine and realise it, to be more than human would be to exceed well above the level of imagination.
Limitations and bottlenecks, imagination is the key to our advancement, yet it hinders us by obscuring reality. Yes, we all work towards our imagined worlds, yet our imagined worlds are so different that it conflicts and conflicts are counter productive. A grid system, a unified imaginative system that auto-resolves imaginative conflicts. Such a system, could it solve conflicts? No, perhaps all I care about is productivity and the efficiency of my systems. Or are conflicts of interests conter productive? Perhaps a system of choosing a better option, conflicts that is. True, we seek peace everyday, wars we avoid, friends we make and negotiate we must. A high probability, I see, is that conflicts is an intended natural system aimed at our advancement. As with supply and demand, the only way to gain peace is to eiliminate the need for conflict. Needs are abundant, but one reason satisfies all: we fight to realise our imaginations and our ambitions.
A world that is above all that can be imagined, that is my vision. A vision that will be the turning point of all of history. A world beyond the limits of man, a creation that surpasses all other creations. A vision that only a true visionary can undertake. For I am the visionary, the visionary that will bring visions, a visionary who can exceed that which is known as imagination. The only goal I see is the advancement of humanity.
Dreams, visions and ambitions, they fade away as the idea of perfection, of gain, of pride obscure the very light that is at the end of the tunnel. I have one but only one vision, to create a world of creators, to create creators and for creation to create. There is nothing higher, no, nothing is highest but the one vision that will be above any other that has ever been imagined is the creation of the gods. Not to be a creator and not to be a creation but to be the creator of the gods. Yes, religion, we have already created imaginary gods, but none have created a real god. To this godless world, what other invention, what other technology could defeat or out perform the ability to create a god?
Can god be created? What credibility or ability do I have that will give me credence for my claim of a creation of the level of a god. For I am a programmer, I am a creator, I create from nothing; imaginary worlds, powerful applications and artificial intelligence. Creation from nothing is a power exclusive to the domain of the gods and yet we have that power. There is no perfect, there is no ceiling, as long as we continue to grow, we will advance towards that which suppasses all that we are able to imagine today. Humans are above all other animals as we can imagine and realise it, to be more than human would be to exceed well above the level of imagination.
Limitations and bottlenecks, imagination is the key to our advancement, yet it hinders us by obscuring reality. Yes, we all work towards our imagined worlds, yet our imagined worlds are so different that it conflicts and conflicts are counter productive. A grid system, a unified imaginative system that auto-resolves imaginative conflicts. Such a system, could it solve conflicts? No, perhaps all I care about is productivity and the efficiency of my systems. Or are conflicts of interests conter productive? Perhaps a system of choosing a better option, conflicts that is. True, we seek peace everyday, wars we avoid, friends we make and negotiate we must. A high probability, I see, is that conflicts is an intended natural system aimed at our advancement. As with supply and demand, the only way to gain peace is to eiliminate the need for conflict. Needs are abundant, but one reason satisfies all: we fight to realise our imaginations and our ambitions.
A world that is above all that can be imagined, that is my vision. A vision that will be the turning point of all of history. A world beyond the limits of man, a creation that surpasses all other creations. A vision that only a true visionary can undertake. For I am the visionary, the visionary that will bring visions, a visionary who can exceed that which is known as imagination. The only goal I see is the advancement of humanity.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Random IT: GigaHurtz
Buying a new computer? Heard of gigahertz and do not really know what it actually does? Fret not, today we have with us, resident IT expert from Nanyang Polytechnic's Diploma in Information technology, myself to tell you all about Gigahertz and what it does to prevent a giga-level headache.
Hertz is a unit to measure the number of times an action with a set interval iterates per second. Basically, the number of times something completes in a second, the actions are known as cycles. 2Hz would mean that for every second, a cycle will be completed twice. So 1Gigahertz or 1GHz would be one billion processor cycles per second. In very basic sense, a 1GHz CPU chip can process 1 Billion cycles per second. Naturally, one might think a 3GHz Intel Processor would out perform a 1GHz Intel Processor. Wrong, and I will tell you why.
Intel Pentium D 960 has a clock speed of 3.6GHz, clock speed is the frequency often marketed in advertisements. An Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 with a much lower clock speed of 2.4GHz actually outperforms a Pentium D 960. Clock speed is not everything, its merely the number of cycles per second. Imagine two boxers, Boxer PD can give light punches at a rate of 3600 punches per second but boxer CD is so strong that he can knock anyone out with one strong punch. CD would win since all he needs is one strong punch rather than many small little punches that might not even have an effect. Basically a Core2Duo Processor can do more per cycle than any other processors.
However, clock speed matters when two processors are of the same architecture. A processor micro-architecture is simply the way the electric circuits are arranged in a CPU. A better architecture leads to more efficient processing, hence more operations per clock, the reason why a 3.6GHz Pentium D CPU lost to a 2.4GHz Core2Duo. But a Core2Duo E6700 with a higher clock speed of 2.67GHz would perform better than a Core2Duo E6600, since they are of the same architecture. So clock speed matters only if of the same architecture.
Cores, Dual Cores CPUs are CPUs with the circuitry of two CPUs. Dual Core CPUs or even Quad Core CPUs are able to split the load amongst two processors or more. This allows easier multi-tasking and better performance. However, it only works if programs are programmed to take advantage of multi cores, older programs would only use one core, defeating its purpose. Fortunately, modern programs are usually designed to take advantage of dual cores to improve performance. Dual core computing is often touted as a necessity of modern life.
So please, do not buy processors simply because of its clock speed and review the entire product before buying. The CPU is not the only factor to making a good PC or laptop but various other components like RAM and Hard Drives as well. Stay tune for another edition of Random IT for more IT tips and advice.
Hertz is a unit to measure the number of times an action with a set interval iterates per second. Basically, the number of times something completes in a second, the actions are known as cycles. 2Hz would mean that for every second, a cycle will be completed twice. So 1Gigahertz or 1GHz would be one billion processor cycles per second. In very basic sense, a 1GHz CPU chip can process 1 Billion cycles per second. Naturally, one might think a 3GHz Intel Processor would out perform a 1GHz Intel Processor. Wrong, and I will tell you why.
Intel Pentium D 960 has a clock speed of 3.6GHz, clock speed is the frequency often marketed in advertisements. An Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 with a much lower clock speed of 2.4GHz actually outperforms a Pentium D 960. Clock speed is not everything, its merely the number of cycles per second. Imagine two boxers, Boxer PD can give light punches at a rate of 3600 punches per second but boxer CD is so strong that he can knock anyone out with one strong punch. CD would win since all he needs is one strong punch rather than many small little punches that might not even have an effect. Basically a Core2Duo Processor can do more per cycle than any other processors.
However, clock speed matters when two processors are of the same architecture. A processor micro-architecture is simply the way the electric circuits are arranged in a CPU. A better architecture leads to more efficient processing, hence more operations per clock, the reason why a 3.6GHz Pentium D CPU lost to a 2.4GHz Core2Duo. But a Core2Duo E6700 with a higher clock speed of 2.67GHz would perform better than a Core2Duo E6600, since they are of the same architecture. So clock speed matters only if of the same architecture.
Cores, Dual Cores CPUs are CPUs with the circuitry of two CPUs. Dual Core CPUs or even Quad Core CPUs are able to split the load amongst two processors or more. This allows easier multi-tasking and better performance. However, it only works if programs are programmed to take advantage of multi cores, older programs would only use one core, defeating its purpose. Fortunately, modern programs are usually designed to take advantage of dual cores to improve performance. Dual core computing is often touted as a necessity of modern life.
So please, do not buy processors simply because of its clock speed and review the entire product before buying. The CPU is not the only factor to making a good PC or laptop but various other components like RAM and Hard Drives as well. Stay tune for another edition of Random IT for more IT tips and advice.
The Topic: Public Intimacy
Please take a look at this, this and this, those are simply the tip of the iceberg on STOMP. Singaporeans are apparently bothered by the intimate act of others in public. Hey, its men and women, at the least its not a man kissing a man. If you don't like something, close your eyes or look away, its instant and they are out of your sight. I dedicate this post to a segment I call "The Topic".
Topic: Public. Public places commonly refers to public property, property either owned by the government for the people or places where the anyone can freely access. Such places can be the roads, streets, void decks or even shopping centres. The one advantage, or disadvantage, of public property is that its shared by everyone. Thus, by simply breaking a public bench, you are breaking everyone's bench and denying them the right to use their "own" bench. Its no wonder that many people will go ballistic when public property is damaged, its "their" property in perspective. If you don't want anyone to dirty your own toilet, then don't dirty the public toilet, its your own toilet anyway.
Topic: Intimacy. In this context, intimacy would be the state of being in a sexual sort of relationship. "Being intimate" would mean a couple being very close together performing actions to each other that one would normal reject. Examples of such actions are hugging, kissing, hand-holding and stroking various parts of the body, like the head. Intimate acts are often done in the comfort of one's own private property like their own home or restricted access areas like a hotel room. Intimacy is a common phenomenon amongst couple engaged in some kind of relationship. Touching is often the key component among intimate actions, this is extremely common among animals as well. Touching each other stimulates the nerves of our skin and makes us feel good. Being intimate includes copulation but being intimate does not necessarily mean copulation.
TOPIC: Public Intimacy. Public property is everyone's property and intimate acts are done in one's own property. Public property is one's property since he is part of everyone and performing intimate acts in public is being intimate in his property. thus, the only reason why someone would be bothered to see people performing acts of intimacy other than copulation in public. My theory is that people are jealous that a useless guy like him could get to kiss such a pretty girl. Not that they are pretty anyway, just an illustration. We are simply jealous that they have someone to kiss and touch, that's why we get hot and bothered. Those losers who post photos of other people engaging in a beautiful lovers relationship are mostly Geeks who have no girlfriend, like myself.
CONCLUSION: Ignore them people, with the start of every relationship between a man and a woman ends in a mutual assured destruction of both hearts. If you are bothered by them, remember that and be reliefed that it won't last long anyway.
Topic: Public. Public places commonly refers to public property, property either owned by the government for the people or places where the anyone can freely access. Such places can be the roads, streets, void decks or even shopping centres. The one advantage, or disadvantage, of public property is that its shared by everyone. Thus, by simply breaking a public bench, you are breaking everyone's bench and denying them the right to use their "own" bench. Its no wonder that many people will go ballistic when public property is damaged, its "their" property in perspective. If you don't want anyone to dirty your own toilet, then don't dirty the public toilet, its your own toilet anyway.
Topic: Intimacy. In this context, intimacy would be the state of being in a sexual sort of relationship. "Being intimate" would mean a couple being very close together performing actions to each other that one would normal reject. Examples of such actions are hugging, kissing, hand-holding and stroking various parts of the body, like the head. Intimate acts are often done in the comfort of one's own private property like their own home or restricted access areas like a hotel room. Intimacy is a common phenomenon amongst couple engaged in some kind of relationship. Touching is often the key component among intimate actions, this is extremely common among animals as well. Touching each other stimulates the nerves of our skin and makes us feel good. Being intimate includes copulation but being intimate does not necessarily mean copulation.
TOPIC: Public Intimacy. Public property is everyone's property and intimate acts are done in one's own property. Public property is one's property since he is part of everyone and performing intimate acts in public is being intimate in his property. thus, the only reason why someone would be bothered to see people performing acts of intimacy other than copulation in public. My theory is that people are jealous that a useless guy like him could get to kiss such a pretty girl. Not that they are pretty anyway, just an illustration. We are simply jealous that they have someone to kiss and touch, that's why we get hot and bothered. Those losers who post photos of other people engaging in a beautiful lovers relationship are mostly Geeks who have no girlfriend, like myself.
CONCLUSION: Ignore them people, with the start of every relationship between a man and a woman ends in a mutual assured destruction of both hearts. If you are bothered by them, remember that and be reliefed that it won't last long anyway.
Current Affairs: SDP Protest
Read it if you haven't
I have a number of things to say about this event. No, I am not going to criticise how "undemocratic" our country is. Our country has never been democratic, its a mere fantasy, we are even named the "Republic of Singapore". Its not like Singapore is called the "Democratic Republic of Singapore", the majority are probably emotional idealists who vote for who they like the most rather than who can be the better leader.
First, I would like to say to Mr Chee of the SDP: "Please install a brain". Protesting would not only make you look stupid, it will also get you arrested. There are many other ways to overthrow the ruling party, elections is not one of them, just look at USA, the "leader" in democracy. Democracy is an excuse, SDP is hence the Singapore's Excuses Party. However, if you protest, Singaporeans will simply think that you are a nutcase, namely "All talk No action". Singaporeans wants a leader that can act for them instead of sprouting fantastic fairy tale ideologies, like democracy. This is why we have the People ACTION Party as our government, they ACT instead of talk, so they are not the People Talk-only Party like the SDP.
Secondly, the officer that processes requests for a permit to protest has the easiest job in the country. Needless to say, stamping a big "no" instantly on every application, like when I type "protest" in Google, it states "0.03 seconds" to process. Plus, Mr Chee is protesting against "rising prices" in daily essentials. Please, when you know the officer will reject it, why continue to waste paper and drive the prices of bureaucratic forms up, forms are already expensive enough. I even think that the government has a machine that answers protest permit, needs no mind breaking algorithm, I can even write one with my eyes close. Cout<<"REJECTED"; //I did that with my eyes closed, really.
Thirdly, if you want to protest, quit once they threaten to arrest you. The government or the police or the Polivernment, might just give a warning to please protest happy hippies country aka the USA. "Peace dude", if the police just gave Mr Chee a warning when he stops as requested, it might notch Singapore's ranking from the bottom of some kind of political ranking up from last to second last.
Fourthly, protests are usually done in big numbers, not in twenties, it sounds young but do it in thousands. Protesting with such small number of people generally project an image of SDP as a group of psychopaths, which they inherently are. People do not want to vote psychopaths into office, it would be suicide to Singapore, look at what happened to America when they voted George W. Bush into office. Personally, I have never in my life even heard of protests with two digit numbers. Please, Singapore's image has already been damaged by Mas Selamat, we do not need a bunch of retards to spoil our image again.
Finally, I would want people siding the SDP to think for a moment. If the SDP wants to show that they are a party whom would benefit Singapore, they should produce results and not saliva. PAP has proven that they can maintain Singapore's prosperity, by looking at all the retard in the White House, we know that we need high-paying salaries to attract non-retards into our office. If we have poorly paid ministers, all the smart people would avoid politics and the retards like SDP members would be voted in and you readers would probably be using 56K.
There is no democracy in Singapore, democracy is a fantasy, democracy is a popularity fest and is the antonym to Meritocracy. We live in a meritocratic society, get skills and results or buzz off. Who wants to be a minister is not the question, its who can be the minister. Look folks, Meritocracy can not co-exist with democracy, choose one or the other.
I have a number of things to say about this event. No, I am not going to criticise how "undemocratic" our country is. Our country has never been democratic, its a mere fantasy, we are even named the "Republic of Singapore". Its not like Singapore is called the "Democratic Republic of Singapore", the majority are probably emotional idealists who vote for who they like the most rather than who can be the better leader.
First, I would like to say to Mr Chee of the SDP: "Please install a brain". Protesting would not only make you look stupid, it will also get you arrested. There are many other ways to overthrow the ruling party, elections is not one of them, just look at USA, the "leader" in democracy. Democracy is an excuse, SDP is hence the Singapore's Excuses Party. However, if you protest, Singaporeans will simply think that you are a nutcase, namely "All talk No action". Singaporeans wants a leader that can act for them instead of sprouting fantastic fairy tale ideologies, like democracy. This is why we have the People ACTION Party as our government, they ACT instead of talk, so they are not the People Talk-only Party like the SDP.
Secondly, the officer that processes requests for a permit to protest has the easiest job in the country. Needless to say, stamping a big "no" instantly on every application, like when I type "protest" in Google, it states "0.03 seconds" to process. Plus, Mr Chee is protesting against "rising prices" in daily essentials. Please, when you know the officer will reject it, why continue to waste paper and drive the prices of bureaucratic forms up, forms are already expensive enough. I even think that the government has a machine that answers protest permit, needs no mind breaking algorithm, I can even write one with my eyes close. Cout<<"REJECTED"; //I did that with my eyes closed, really.
Thirdly, if you want to protest, quit once they threaten to arrest you. The government or the police or the Polivernment, might just give a warning to please protest happy hippies country aka the USA. "Peace dude", if the police just gave Mr Chee a warning when he stops as requested, it might notch Singapore's ranking from the bottom of some kind of political ranking up from last to second last.
Fourthly, protests are usually done in big numbers, not in twenties, it sounds young but do it in thousands. Protesting with such small number of people generally project an image of SDP as a group of psychopaths, which they inherently are. People do not want to vote psychopaths into office, it would be suicide to Singapore, look at what happened to America when they voted George W. Bush into office. Personally, I have never in my life even heard of protests with two digit numbers. Please, Singapore's image has already been damaged by Mas Selamat, we do not need a bunch of retards to spoil our image again.
Finally, I would want people siding the SDP to think for a moment. If the SDP wants to show that they are a party whom would benefit Singapore, they should produce results and not saliva. PAP has proven that they can maintain Singapore's prosperity, by looking at all the retard in the White House, we know that we need high-paying salaries to attract non-retards into our office. If we have poorly paid ministers, all the smart people would avoid politics and the retards like SDP members would be voted in and you readers would probably be using 56K.
There is no democracy in Singapore, democracy is a fantasy, democracy is a popularity fest and is the antonym to Meritocracy. We live in a meritocratic society, get skills and results or buzz off. Who wants to be a minister is not the question, its who can be the minister. Look folks, Meritocracy can not co-exist with democracy, choose one or the other.
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